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Palm Coast trio arrested in statue vandalism case

Solomon

Orza

Walker

Three Palm Coast 18- to 19-year-olds have been arrested in the July 9 vandalism and decapitation of a Venus di Milo statue at the retail and residential European Village complex at 101 Palm Harbor Parkway, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Sequawme Jualle Solomon and Joseph Orza, both 18, and Tyrone Anton Walker, 19, were arrested Monday on charges of felony criminal mischief, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

A surveillance video taken just after midnight shows four males and a female walking through the center’s courtyard and over to a water fountain, the Sheriff’s Office said. As the men walked by, they pushed over a 5-foot-tall version of the famous Greek sculpture, breaking off its arms and head. Then all five ran toward Palm Harbor Parkway, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The statue damage was estimated at $3,500, and its head was taken, the Sheriff’s Office said.